Word Count: 63,018
Summary of Events:
Part 6: Darkest Hour
Chapter 21:
Magnus was sold again and then delivered to his new master Herr Keßel who put him to work in his mines right away. Emma was assigned to help set the table for Herr Reiter's lunch and was complimented by Herr Reiter's guest quite highly.
Excerpt of the Day:
""What's with this?" the overseer asked.
"I know not," the other man replied. "I didn't notice it."
The overseer sighed. "We'll have to do something about it when the day is through."
"I shall let Herr Keßel know," the other man said.
The overseer said nothing, but Magnus had a feeling he'd probably nodded. Magnus glanced over and saw he was chained to the bolt by the link after the melted, deformed link that was the last one on his chain.
Magnus then looked over at the other slaves, trying to figure out what he was supposed to be mining. He'd never been in a mine before, and he didn't know what metals looked like in the mountain. He only knew what they looked like refined.
"What are you waiting for?" the overseer demanded. "Get to work!"
Magnus turned to the overseer, leaping his head low. "I know not what I am looking for," he said. "I've not ever been in a mine or been mining before."
The overseer groaned. "Why?"
Magnus had a feeling that the overseer was talking to himself, so Magnus offered no response. The overseer unchained Magnus from where he'd been chained and chained him to a bolt on which another person was chained and Magnus was put beside the man.
"Show him," the overseer said.
The man nodded and looked at Magnus. He then turned back to the mountain wall and chipped at the wall. Magnus watched as the man worked wordlessly. Magnus occasionally chipped at the wall to help. After awhile the man reached down to the chips of rock he'd knocked down and picked up a couple of pieces of something metallic.
Holding them out in his hand, he showed them to Magnus. Magnus looked at them, then he looked at the man.
"What is it?" Magnus asked.
The man moved Magnus out of his way and went over to the wagon. He then dropped the metal into the wagon. So that was what they were looking for. But what was it, as in what metal?
"What metal is it?" Magnus asked.
The man shook his head. Magnus furrowed his brow. He had no idea what was going on. The man then opened his mouth and Magnus kept his brow furrowed, finding that something wasn't right about the man's mouth. Something was wrong.
When Magnus realized what was wrong he turned his head away quickly. The man's tongue had been cut out of his mouth. Magnus knew that cutting out of the tongue was a punishment give to some of the least of crimes in Zeig — and especially when the crime was something about lying or speech — but he'd never seen someone who'd suffered it.
Magnus glanced at the man apologetically now that the man had closed his mouth, the man just nodded in response and went back to the wall. Magnus followed the man and started working alongside the man, looking for metal that didn't seem to be particularly obvious much of anywhere."
Keßel: kessel
*I only wrote one chapter (3,000 words) today because of my schedule, I will be writing three chapters tomorrow because I have the time.*
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